Wheel



April 5 ,"1927.

- w. B. MlNcH WHEEL Filed Nov. 20'. 1922 v Patented, Apr. 5, 1927.

UNITE sgr WALTER 13.]M1NcH-OEJACKSON-MICHIGAN,.AssreNoE To GENERAL i/OTOES oon-v i' Pon-AT101\T,;OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A OOEEOEATION OE. DELAWARE.

WHEEL.

f Apbiication inea November 2o, 1922. serial no. (502,137.`

,y Thisinvention relates to wheels and more ^,particularly 4to wheels formotor vehicles.

One of' the objects of the' invention'is the vprovision of a. new and improved wheel assembly. I

VAnotherf object of the invention is the provision ofnew and improved' means for securing a fixed rim'to' its support.

A- stillI further object of the invention is ,l

vother words, tlie' depression '19' forms the provision ofl new and: improved means for,- and'method of, assembling a disk wheel. 4Other and further objects and advantages .fof the invention will appear froln thefollowing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig; 1` isg'a side elevation of' the improved wheelv with parts broken away.

. Fig.,2 is a verticaly section on line 2-2' of Fig. 4, with parts broken away.

Fig,l 3'is a` detail. View, with parts broken away.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3, with parts` broken away, and looking in the direction of the arrows 4 4, of Fig. 3; and, j

Fig. 5 is a sectional View on line 5 5 of Fig. 4, with the rim removed. A

. Figure 6 shows in section a. modiied form wherein no demountable rim is used.

On the drawing, the reference numeral 10, designates a wheel of any suitable construction but for simplicity of illustration and convenience of description is shown as being.

a laminated disk wheel, comprising the rim support 11, formed Jfrom fibrous material such as wood or other suitable material. As shown, `the support 11 is formed of a plurality of layers of `wood secured together in any suitablemanner. vThe disk or rim support 11 is secured to the hub 12, of the wheel as by means of' the bolts 13, as is usual in such constructions. A fixed rim or Jfelly 14 is rigidly secured to said support and is adaptedto have detachably mounted thereon the lrim 15, as is usual in such construction.` While-both a xed and a detachable rim are shown in' the i understood that the elly 14 may. be so formed as to constitute of itself a tire receiving rim one such embodiment being shown in Figure 6.

The felly 14 comprises the base portion 16 and the side flanges 17 and 1 8, which latter may be of the usual or well known construction. lAs shown, the base portion 16 of the adaptedto engagel referred form, itis .fixedrim -isro'lledin such a mannerasft'o 55 y. "form an" outwardly extending depressionb19 having a widthr equalto the thickness-0f the disk or support 11. rIhe depression 19-` in thebase portion 1'6,l ofthe fix-edf riin forms beads orl shoulders 20 and 21,which-a're 60 adapted to engage the side faces of: said disk or support* 11 to prevent later-al 'movement of said xe'd rim on said" rim support."` In groove inwhich the disk `orrim support 111 is 65 f The base'portionl off'thefixed nimiior fellyis also providedfwith a plurality of inwardlyv extending' projections. These projections areiadaptedto engage ther-im supportnor disk 11 to form drivers forthef rim. These' projections may be fornie'd in'any suitable mannerl" As' shown on the" drawing,l

`the 'base portion is depressed at intervals? to form the' projections 23.v lIlhese projections 75 are adapted to extend transversely of the base 16, and are preferably rolled in the rim. They are adapted to form drivers for fthe fixed rim and any suitable number of them be used. As shown, three of them arranged at an angle of 120 degrees apart are employed.y f f In assembling a fixed rim on the support g or disk 11,'the felly which may be made slightly oversize, is first heated andthen placed in position on the disk or support 11, and is then upset on said disk by an upsetting device. Upon cooling, the shrinking of the felly will cause they same to seat very tightly and put a considerable initial strain upon the ,'wood disk thus makingr any other means of connection between the disk and the felly unnecessary. The drivers 23 will be forced into the wood, forming grooves 24 therein, which will prevent any circum- 95 sorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I `do not` wish to limitmyself strictly to thestructure "herein set forth, but, Y i 4What Iclaim is:V

- channel-shaped fixed rim having azcircuini ferential vdepression in its base portionv and v provided with inwardly extending beads, ar- 15 2. Ina deviceV ofithe class described`,'a

ranged transversely ,tosaid depression and l a; circular wheel support mounted in said depressionfand Ahavingrecesses in whichsaid ybeads' engage.V Y e v f In`v adevice ofthe class described, a

wheel; comprising a hub, a laminatedrwood- Y ven diskrim support rigidly secured to said 1: .fhuband providediwitli recesses in its outer portion, a xed rimv provided with spaced i ln 4. Inpa device ofthe class described, al

vfixed arim vhaving an outwardly extending circumferentially depression Y apart shoulders for. engaging each side face ofsaid-support and having projections for engaging said recesses to. prevent circumferential movement of said Vrim relative to 1 -saidjsupportl v extending thereof. and a'grim support mounted in said depression,y .substantially as kshown and described. v e f 5. In a device ofthe class described, a

circumferentialdepression and an inwardly extending projectionl rolled'in the base thereof, and ya circular riml support secured in said depression and provided withv a recess for the reception of said projection.

fixed rim having an outwardly 'extending t 6. A wheel comprising a hub, a'disc yand a` n fixed rim, the disc being composed of a plul r i rality of layers of wood, therim having a base portiony providedwith a circumferential groove, receiving the outer periphery of A the disc.

7. A wheel having a hub, a disc secured to i the hub, afixe'd rim having a circumferert tial groove receiving. the'outeredge ofthe disc, a plurality of driving ribs, extending transversely across the rim and entering cory responding recesses in the edge of thefdisc.

8.A wheel comprising a hub, a disc comf poisedof a plurality of layers offibrous material and secured'to the hub, a fixed metallic riin member having a circumferential groove with a plurality oftransvers'e driving ribs, therim being shrunk o n the periphery of the disc so that the I'iin'shall b firmly held on the disc. 'f

Intestimony whereof I affix signature.

WALTERy B. Minori. y 

